J.B. Russell

Projects: Four Fingers in Iraq: Depleted Uranium in Iraq

The Amariya bomb shelter, now a war memorial, in a Baghdad suburb. Over 300 civilians were killed during the 1991 Gulf War when coalition planes targeted the shelter with bunker busting depleted uranium missiles in a mistaken attempt to kill Saddam Hussein.Baghdad, Iraq.Photo © J.B. Russell
Depleted Uranium in Iraq, January 2001

The Amariya bomb shelter, now a war memorial, in a Baghdad suburb. Over 300 civilians were killed during the 1991 Gulf War when coalition planes targeted the shelter with bunker busting depleted uranium missiles in a mistaken attempt to kill Saddam Hussein.
Baghdad, Iraq.
Photo © J.B. Russell